Curtis Chapple could be set for his Uxbridge league debut in tomorrow’s visit to relegation-haunted Ashford Town Middlesex.

The youth team starlet caught the eye on his first team bow earlier this month when he scored a cracking goal in the Middlesex Charity Cup quarter-final victory over Rayners Lane and boss Tony Choules confirmed in the wake of Tuesday night’s defeat to Barton Rovers the teenager will be added to his squad for the trip to Short Lane.

Whether he will actually be let loose of the tangerines remains to be seen, but the teenager’s inclusion in the 16 would seem to be the next step from youth team set up to the front of the queue for a place in the Reds’ midfield.

“Curtis is playing for the youth team tomorrow night (Thursday) and he will be brought into the squad Saturday – whether he plays or not I don’t know,” said Choules.

Basement boys Ashford may seem the perfect candidates against which to blood Chapple, while continuing the educations of some of the other promising teenagers in his crop like Max Hubbard, Alfie Barrett and William Wambeek.

The Tangerines are rock bottom having lost 19 league games in a row.

However, it seems Curtis – the youngest of the lot – may prove an exception rather than the rule with some other youngsters set to be ‘rested’ after in their manager’s eyes failing to grasp an opportunity in the defeat to Rovers.

He added: “I felt the young boys instead of being men were looking for leaders rather than thinking ‘I’m going to grab hold of this game and make the boss pick me for the start of Saturday’s game. That didn’t happen.”

The game is likely to be subject to a pitch inspection as Short Lane's proximity to the river Thames means several fixtures in recent weeks have fallen foul of a waterlogged pitch.